Re: Re: was TS-2000X, now AO-40 lids

Since you took a private message back to the -bb, here's the rest of it. You've been on AO-40 for 2 weeks during periods of optimum squint. It also seems that you can't discuss this without getting personal. When you have been on a while, and been through some poor squints and maybe another cluster____ like the qso party, you will understand what everyone is telling you.
The fact remains the procedure is 8-10 db down, and this applies to everyone, regardless of equipment. If you have a magical BBQ dish, then fine.
And since when does an S unit equate to db? Do you really think your S-meter is linear?
73, Drew
Subject: [amsat-bb] AO-40 SUCCESS!!
From: Jon Ogden <na9d-2@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Jan 2003 15:57:30 -0600
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Hey gang,
Success today on AO-40. Not only can I copy the beacon at S8 or so, but I
made a couple of QSOs. Haven't been this excited since I worked my first
RS-13 QSO.
I reported a couple of weeks ago that I couldn't copy the beacon. Well, I
had a solder short in my AIDC down converter on the Murata filter board.
With that fixed, things work great. I also got a new rotor, a Ham-M, that
replaced the AR-22. Works much better now!
Good to be back on the air after nearly a year....Good to be on AO-40 for
the first time ever. Thanks to N0YK for the first QSO.
73,
Jon
NA9D
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From: Jon Ogden <na9d-2@speakeasy.net>
Sent: 02/04/03 11:41 AM
To: Andrew Glasbrenner <glasbrenner@mindspring.com>, amsat-bb@amsat.org
Subject: Re: was TS-2000X, now AO-40 lids
>
> on 2/4/03 10:35 AM, Andrew Glasbrenner at glasbrenner@mindspring.com wrote:
> So you've gotten a BBQ dish and been on the air for 2 weeks...Come back
when
> you've been on for a year and maybe someone will listen/agree with you.
Until
> then have fun beating your head against the wall. Once you've worked the
> beacon level guys a few dozen times each you'll wise up. Sheesh. 2 weeks
and
> an expert.
You deny the facts.
Beacon level: S8
QSOs worked: S0 to S2
What part of facts don't you understand?
Obviously the guys I worked have not been at beacon level. Or am I just
too
stupid to realize that a beacon level of S8 and an SSB voice level of S0
or
S1 are equivalent?
You are the one with the closed mind.
Jon
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Jon Ogden
NA9D (ex: KE9NA)
Citizen of the People's Democratic Republik of Illinois
Life Member: ARRL, NRA
Member: AMSAT, DXCC
http://www.qsl.net/na9d <- Updated on 1/22/03!!!
"A life lived in fear is a life half lived."
>
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